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An object made or used by people in the past
Artifact
a system of society or government ruled by a woman or women
Matriarchy
a traditional story that helps explain a culture's beliefs
myth
a god or goddess
a period from the late 1600s to the late 1700s in Europe, in which people changed their outlook on life by seeing reason as the key to human progress
enlightenment
The exchange of goods or services without the use of money
Barter
A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through male line
Patriarchy
war between groups in the same country
Civil War
A belief in a single god
Monotheism
the economic and political system of medieval Europe in which lord required loyalty and labor in return for protection
feudalism
A person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation
Citizen
People inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists
Indigenous
to refuse to approve proposals of government
Veto
belief in more than one god
a great flowering of culture, based on classical Greek and Roman ideas and art, that began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and spread throughout Europe
Renaissance
A government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives
Democracy
Government in which absolute ruling power is held by a few people
Oligarchy
a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government
empire
hostility or discrimination against Jews
Antisemitism
the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
clergy
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person
Monarchy
Government in which the absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king
Tyranny
a group of 300 men elected to govern Rome
Senate
a form of government in which leaders are elected to represent the people
republic
a belief or opinion that goes against the established or accepted doctrines of a religion or a group
heresy